Tire-armor.



G. W. CHILDERS & H. D. BURST.

TRE ARMOR.

APPLlCATlON FiLED AUG.20. 19x3.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

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BEEN ID. 3303553, OF SAN NEG'G, CALIFORNIA.

Diegoa ii constructed puncture p resiiienc i oi E" s i A i Figm esection or this 1121 verse- 1 of :proved armor. emuodimen iiiostrated..a tire erof s pluraiity seeconstructed of rin meta; and s with a beigein its tread for s J to be desorihed.

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the form of ii-shaped springs- 5, the free ends of an s of which areequipped with hooks Z3 whic'i engage. the apertures 5" on one side ofthe section as shown in Fig.1.

A spring claspoo is connected at one end on the tire The casing or armoris constructed by fiexibiy connecting the ends of a sufficient nnmi .2of sections 1 to, provide a flexible armor, the inside length of whichis slightly iess than the iength of the extreme outside of the tire toinsure a tight fit of the armor on the trend and sides of the tire. Thisarmor is applied while the tire is deflated, a. fabric or plastic lining7 having first been placed over thetire to prevent Wear when ispositioned thereon. v After the tire is placed in position, the ciasps Gare passed across the feiiy and attached to'the cross bars of themembers 5011 the opposite sides of the armor and the tire is theninflated and ready for use.

Wiii be noted, by reference to Figs. 1

5, that the cross bars of the bailsfi lie substantially concentric tothe armor, and that the transverse ciips or bars 6 are so engaged withthesecross hers as to allow said clips or bars to be adjustedlongitudinally on the cross bars This becomes edvintage-011s whenappiying the armor to the right come directly opyosite the centers of"rtain of the bails. fhouid this be the case, the clips 6 may beadjusted to position them to one side of the spokes.

in Fig. l, the cross bar of the boil 5 is shown of rectilinear formationWhile in 'Fi 5, these bars are shown as slightly curved. Eitherformation will operate successfully for produeing the above result.

"We claim as our invention: r

L The combination with a circular tire armor comprising a plurality ofconnected sections, of U-shaped bails having their arms connected to theopposite sides of said m s the cross bars of said bails beinmihstantiaiiy concentric with the armor, an a phiraiity 0t transverseretaining mernbers extending from the cross bars of the balls on ire ofa Wheei in which certain of the spokes v of said armor, said bails beingpositioned in transversely alined pairs and having their 10 cross barslying substantially concentric with the armor, and transverse retainingmembers whose ends ere-mounted on and adjustable longitudinally on saidcross bars of the bails, for the purpose set forth.

G. W. GHILDERS H. D. BOB-ST.

Witnesses F. E. GRAHAM, RAYMOND M. DAVIS.

